Tie-strap.



J. ROOP.

' TIE STRAP.

APPLIOATION I'ILED un 20, 1913.

Patented Nov.4, 1913.

JOSEPH RGOP, OF FRANKFOET, INDIANA,

TIE-STRAP.

Specificaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 20, 1813.

Patented Nov. 4:, 1913. Serial No. 768,816.

To all 'who m it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH Roor, a citizen of the United States, residing at Frankfort in the county of Clinton, State of Indana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie-Straps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inventio-n, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to tie straps and has for an Object to provide an extremely sim ple and inexpensive device of this character which may bc easily and quickly applied and when applied will be held against displacement or working loose.

A further Object is to provide a tie strap having hooked ends one of which is adapted to engage with the outer edge of the flange of the rail or the like to which the tie strap is applied, and the other of which is designed to receive a wedge-plate which bears against the web of the rail and when driven home tightly binds the. tie strap in place.

With the above objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be made in the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention z-Figure 1 is a. cross sectional view showing the tie strap in use upon two rails. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the strap. Fig, 3 is a plan view of a modified form of the strap. Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view showing the tie strap modified for application to an I-beam.

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of reference designate similar parts, 10 designates the strap, the ends of the strap being Curved inwardly and backwardly upon the same side of the strap to produce lips 11 and 12, one of the lips being formed in the edge with openings 13 to receive the heads of bolts 14. A Wedge shaped plate 15 is received between the body of the strap and the lip 12 and is formed with openings 16 to receive the bolts 14:. As shown in Fig. 3, the bolts for securing the wedge plate in position may be dispensed with and a cotter into position and holds both rails against outward spreading. The usual clamp strap 19 is shown, the ends of this strap bearing upon the top face of the inner sides of the base fianges of both rails, while bolts 20 are passed through the clamp strap and through the tie strap to securely hold the parts together.

In Fig. 4: there is shown a modified form of the tie strap, the same being designed to engage with an I-beam 21 and form means for securing the same to a support. In this modification the body of the strap is offset centrally as shown at 22 and receives an attaching bolt 23, the lip 11 engaging over one edge of the beam flange as above described while the lip 12 is positioned above the other edge of the base flange and holds the wedge plate -15 in position against the web of the beam, the securing bolt-s 14 positively holding the wedge plate in place.

From the above description it will be seen that I have provided a novel tie strap having a lip and a wedge plate that coacts therewith in tightly holding the tie strap in operative position against accidental displacement.

What is claimed, is

l. A tie strap having the ends bent back upon one side of the body of the strap and producing book-like lips, a wedge plate carried in the in'closure of one of said lips, recesses in the wedge plate co nfining lip, and bolts passed through said wedge plate and the body of said strap and having the heads disposed Within said recesses.

2. The combination with a member having a web and a base flange, of a strap having the ends bent back upon one side of the body of the strap to produce book-like lips, one of said lips receiving within its inclosure and engaging with'one edge of said flange a Wedge plate Within the nclosure of the V JOSEPH ROOP.

other of said lips and bearing with its edge l upon the member Web and serving to bind said strap tigh tly in position upon said base flange, and bolts assed through said 'Wedge plate and its confinng lp for preventing displacement of said Wedge plate.

VVitnesses:

JOHN C. MORRISON, ETHEL WISEHART.

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Washington, D. C." 

